1) Which of the following characteristics influence the identity of place at a local scale? a) Physical geography b) Demography c) Socio-economic d) Cultural e) Political f) Built environment 2) Lympstone is a small settlement on the east bank of the River Severn, approximately 15km south of Exeter a) True b) False 3) Toxteth occupies undulating land rising up from the banks of the River Mersey a) True b) False 4) 'Time-space compression' refers to: a) a set of processes leading to a 'shrinking world' caused by reducations in the relative distance between places b) the critical point or threshold which, if passed, leads to irreversable change 5) Land not previously built on and on which new developments are proposed or constructed, is know as: a) Green belt b) Brownfield site c) Greenfield site d) Rural-urban fringe 6) Lympstone has a bottom-heavy age structure, whereas Toxteth has many elderly residents a) True b) False 7) The West Country could be described as being 'relatively homogeneous ethnically' a) True b) False 8) Which of the following factors can influence a person's perception of place? a) Age b) Gender c) Sexuality d) Religion e) Societal role f) Emotional attachment 9) The Kurds have long wanted their own independent state, but have a long history of persecution, notably under the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein a) True b) False 10) The term 'global village' coneys the idea that the world has become larger, not in a physical sense, but because of its greater inter-connectedness a) True b) False 11) Which of the following are examples of informal representations of place? a) Census data b) TV and film c) Literature and art d) Photography 12) The unequal distribution of factors such as income, education or health across geographic space is referred to as: a) Sovereignty b) Spatial inequality c) Standard deviation d) Social inequality 13) The 'Gini coefficient' is a technique that can be used to measure levels of income inequality between countries. a) True b) False 14) Which of the following examples provide useful social inequality data? a) Income and employment data b) Housing data c) Education data d) Health care data 15) The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure of inequality, based upon which of the following social and economic indicators? a) Income (adjusted to take account of a country's purchasing power) b) Life expectancy at birth c) Housing tenure d) Education (taking into account adult literacy rates and average number of years spent in school)

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